Most useful information for seeking medical help

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Travelling with medicines that are prohibited exports

Some PBS medicines may be a prohibited export under customs regulations.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to know

Your compensation payer’s responsibility for Medicare compensation recovery

When you make a compensation claim for an injury or illness, there are things the compensation payer must tell us.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to know

Notice of past benefits for Medicare compensation recovery

A Notice of past benefits lists the Medicare benefits you need to repay from your compensation.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to know

Once your Medicare compensation recovery claim is finalised

When your claim reaches judgment or settlement, the Notice of charge amount is required to be paid to us.

1. What you need to do
2. When your claim reaches settlement or judgment

Make an advance payment on your Medicare compensation

Your compensation payer can pay us a 10% advance of your compensation payment in some circumstances.

1. What you need to do
2. When your claim reaches settlement or judgment

Get a Notice of charge for your Medicare compensation

You’ll need to get a Notice of charge if you don’t have a valid Notice of past benefits when your claim reaches judgment or settlement.

1. What you need to do
2. When your claim reaches settlement or judgment

Complete a Medicare Compensation Recovery Section 23A statement

Complete a Section 23A statement after judgment or settlement if no notice of past benefits has been issued in the last 6 months, or if a previous notice has expired.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to do

After your Medicare compensation claim reaches settlement or judgment

If you need to review or amend your claim please refer to the following.

1. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme
2. Who can get it

Disaster health care assistance for Balimed 2002

There are specific reasons why you may get assistance for the bombing in Bali on 12 October 2002.

1. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme
2. Who can get it

Disaster health care assistance for Tsunami 2004

There are specific reasons why you may get assistance for the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004.